Harriet Pollatsek

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Courses

Math 101, Calculus I (fall 2010). Text "Calculus Single Variable," 4th edition, by Hughes-Hallett et al. Used copies available at the Odyssey Bookstore for $25-$30. (Same text used for all sections of Math 101 and 202.)
Math 311, Abstract Algebra (fall 2010). Text "Contemporary Abstract Algebra," 6th edition, by Joseph Gallian. Used copies available at the Odyssey Bookstore. (5th edition also OK.)
Math 319, Topics in Algebra: Lie groups (spring 2010) Text: Lie Groups: A Problem-Oriented Introduction via Matrix Groups -- see more.. (Also see errata below.)

Permutationally invariant codes for quantum error correction, with Mary Beth Ruskai, Linear Algebra and its Applications 392 (2004), pp. 255-288; preprint available at http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0304153.
Looking for difference sets in groups with dihedral images, with Emily Moore, Designs, Codes and Cryptography, 28 (2003), pp.45-50.
Quantum error correction: classic group theory meets a quantum challenge, Am. Math. Monthly, vol. 108 (2001), pp. 932-962.

Ruling out (160, 54, 18) difference sets in some nonabelian groups, with Jason Alexander, Rajilakshmi Balasubramanian, Jeremy Martin, Kimberly Monahan and Rubina Sen, Journal of Combinatorial Designs, vol. 8 (2000), pp. 221-231.

Difference sets in groups of order 4p^4, in Groups, Difference Sets and the Monster, edited by K.T. Arasu et al, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and New York, 1996.

Looking for difference sets when G = D_10 X (Z_2)^3 or G/N = Z_5 X Z_5, with Alexander, Balasubramanian, Martin, Monahan and Sen, 1995. [See REU 1994 below]

Lie Groups: A Problem-Oriented Introduction via Matrix Groups, MAA Textbooks, Mathematical Association of America, 2009. Errata
Undergraduate Programs and Courses in the Mathematical Sciences: CUPM Curriculum Guide 2004, a report by the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics of the Mathematical Association of America, written with William Barker, David Bressoud, Susanna Epp, Susan Ganter and Bill Haver, MAA 2004.
Laboratories in Mathematical Experimentation: A Bridge to Higher Mathematics, Springer, New York, 1997. (Projects for a sophomore course in mathematical investigation; written by the mathematicians and statisticians of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Mount Holyoke College)
Do we need prerequisites? (with Donal O'Shea), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, May 1997.
Calculus in Context (with James Callahan, et al), W.H. Freeman, 1995.
Rates of Change: Modelling Population and Resources (with Eva Paus), Sloan New Liberal Arts Monograph, 1992.
Case Studies in Quantitative Reasoning (with Robert Schwartz), Sloan New Liberal Arts Extended Syllabus, 1990.

Difference sets in non-abelian groups (1994): Jason Alexander '95 (Lewis and Clark College), Rajalakshmi Balasubramanian '96 (Mount Holyoke College), Jeremy L. Martin '96 (Harvard University), Kimberly Monahan '95 (College of the Holy Cross), Ashna Rubina Sen '96 (Mount Holyoke College).
Difference sets (2000) --- the parameters (288, 42, 6) and (96, 20, 4): Juliana Belding '01 (Bryn Mawr College), Elizabeth G. Carver '01 (Georgia Southern University), Umut Gursel '01 (Mount Holyoke College), Peter O. Johnston '01 (Colorado College), Richard Lassow '01 (St. Olaf College), Jenna Nichols '01 (Mount Holyoke College), Laura Steuble '01 (Mount Holyoke College).

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